Improvement in hair-dressing



' N. HELMER.

HAIR-DRESSING.

No. 192,508. Patented J'une' 2a, 1877.

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nicnonns HELMER', or New YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAIR-DRESSING.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 192,508, dated June 26,1877 application filed May 5, 1877. Y

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,Nrc11oLAs HELMEE, of

the city, county, and State of New York, haveskilled manipulators,required by the modes heretofore employed.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view,illustrating the tool used.

' Fig. 2 is a side view, and Fig. 3 an edge view,

of the weft of hair. Fig. 4 represents the coil; Figs. 5 to 8, viewsillustrating modes of dressing the hair 5 and Fig. 9, a modification.

The hair to be dressed, whether natural or artificial, is first formedinto a weft, A, consisting of a braid, a, carrying a fringe of hairs, b,and, as such braid is not thick enough to serve the purposes of myinvention, I combine several wefts, forming a heavy braid, a, Fig. 3. Indressing the wefts, I employ a tool of the character shown in Fig; 1,whichis a slightly-tapering cylinder, B, having a longitudinal slot, 0,"communicating with an enlarged opening, 0, in thecylinder wide enoughto receive the fringe of the wefts. buttoo narrow for the passage of thebraid a, Fig.

The edges of the slot 0 are curved 'at the end of the tool, as shown inFig. 1, to facilitate the entrance of the fringe, which, when a coilisto be made, is passed into the slot 0, the braid on entering the opening6 and passing longitudinally with the fringe without being drawn throughthe slot. After the entire length of the weft has been passed into theslot in this manner, a brush is used to carry the fringe completelyround the cylinder, across the slot, and over upon itself, as shown inFig. 9, the

hair being laid evenly and smoothly; The

weft is then pressed toward the narrow end of the cylinder, which itleaves in theiform of a hollow curl, I, Fig. 4, which is smooth,regular, and so compact that it will endure hard usage without losingits form. The curl is then doubled or combined with another curl,forming a twisted rope, I, Fig. 5, in which the weaker portions of onestrand arestrengthened by the stronger portions of the other,

forming a'coil of much greater strength than.

could otherwise be obtained. The coil I or I may be readily folded,twisted, or laid to any suitable ornamental arrangement, as shown inFigs. 6 to 8. I I claim 1. The within-described mode of forming straightbraid, a, and fringe 12, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A curling-tool consisting of a cylinder terminating in a square end,having a plain, unobstructed outer face, round which the hair may bewound, and from which it may he slipped longitudinally, and alongitudinal slot, 0, extending to one end and communicating with aninner opening, a, adapted to receive the braid, all as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses. I N. HELMER.

Witnesses: CHARLES E. FOSTER, HO ARD ZEVELY.

